"Nikky Smedley Nicola Jane Smedley (born 20 October 1970, in Solihull) is an English actress, dancer, choreographer, television director and producer. Smedley is best known for her role as Laa Laa in the BBC children's show ""Teletubbies"", which she played from 1997 until 2001. Smedley creates and performs work for children and young people, and has been doing so for three decades. She is best known for playing the yellow Teletubby, Laa Laa in the BBC children's series ""Teletubbies"" between 1997 and 2001, and for her involvement in choreographing Ragdoll Productions' ""Boohbah"" and ""In the Night Garden..."". In 2012, Smedley"
"""Sorbus aucuparia"" (Finland), ""Tilia"" (Japan), ""Tilia cordata"" (Finland), ""Wisteria"" (Japan) ""Zelkova"" (Japan). During the following instars the caterpillar develops even more of an odd appearance with ""a large head, (the) long thoracic legs, raised humps on the fourth to seventh segments and a greatly swollen anal segment that has the claspers modified into long thin structures"". The general colour is reddish brown and if in its resting position provides perfect cryptic camouflage. The larvae can grow to a length of 70 mm and if disturbed by a potential predator can put on a menacing display with the thoracic legs splayed"
"the end of the abdomen. The egg is yellowish-green in colour, but changes during development to a yellowish-gold, the area under the spines becoming orange, which, as development continues, spreads till more than hall the egg is coloured. The larvae are destructive to the buds and fruit of raspberry and blackberry. The first instar larva is about 1 mm long. The head and dorsal portion of the prothorax are dark in colour, the rest of the body is whitish cream. The final instar larva is about 10 mm in length. The under surface is yellowish-green, depending on the amount of"
"According to the Cat Ba Langur Conservation Project, the Cat Ba langur's skin is black and the pelage color is dark brown; head and shoulder are bright golden to yellowish-white. The tail is very long (ca. 85 cm) compared with the body size (ca. 50 cm). Babies are colored golden-orange; the pelage starts to change its color from about the fourth month on. Males and females look alike. Two adult females captured during translocation in 2012 weighted slightly more than 9 kilograms each. The Cat Ba Langur, which lives on Cat Ba Island in Vietnam, is one of the 25"
"down the back and because of its large size and rather lazy bobbing flight it is often mistaken for a butterfly, especially the mourning cloak ""Nymphalis antiopa"". The tegmina is light brown to tan to gray. They are colored in various shades from golden tan to gray to dark brown to greenish. They tend to be large and heavyset compared to African and West Asian Locusts, though not as large or aggressive. Southern Canada through most of lower 48 United States of America except southern Florida, Gulf Coastal Plain, southwest Arizona, and bottom 2/3rds of California, marginally into far northern"
"around 5 cm in length and vary in color from dark brown to black. In areas of higher temperature such as Texas and Arizona, a red coloring dominates. Larvae have bright orange spots on the ends of tubercles in rows along their body, and at either end of the body the tubercles are elongated into filaments. Full grown larvae have a glossy or velvet appearance due to many fine hairs. Larvae sex determination can be done by looking at pits along the ventral surface at the ends of the abdominal sections. Larvae spend almost all their time eating the leaves"
"subspecies. The beak varies from pale horn to dark buff, corresponding to the general plumage hue, and the iris is blackish brown. The talons, like the beak, vary in colour, ranging from pink to dark pinkish-grey and the talons are black. On average within any one population, males tend to have fewer spots on the underside and are paler in colour than females. The latter are also larger with a strong female ""T. alba"" of a large subspecies weighing over 550 g (19.4 oz), while males are typically about 10% lighter. Nestlings are covered in white down, but the heart-shaped"
"Their snouts are rounded, as well as their tails. The longest caudal fins on their tails are about three-fifths the length of the tail. Their mouths are large and ventral surrounded by labia which form an unbroken oral disc about 3.6 mm wide. The posterior lip has no papillae, but other lips are lined with single rows of small, blunt papillae. They are colored from dark brown to black dorsally, with golden flecks on their bodies. They develop this black and gold coloration as melanin floods their dermal layers, giving the larvae protection from the sun. When metamorphosing, their golden"
"resemble those of the common windmill. Not described. The ground colour of the larva varies in shades of grey and has a pattern of black lines. It has an orange osmeterium. The larva has a large number of tubercles arranged in two lateral and two sub-dorsal rows. The third and fourth segments have an additional pair of tubercles. The tubercles all have red tips, except those on the seventh and eighth segments which are almost entirely dirty white and the eleventh segment which has the same colour on just the tips of the tubercles. Pupa is yellow green with blue"
"tendrils and midribs are most commonly yellow to green, but may be tinged orange or red in some specimens; this more intense colouration seems to be associated with drought stress. The laminae are usually green, but may be orange, red, or even purple when young. These developing leaves gradually turn green with age. Plants often consist of 2 or 3 reddish leaves at the top with many green leaves below. Lower pitchers are mostly green, yellow, orange or sometimes red, with darker blotches of orange to purple. The peristome and lid may be any of the base colours of the"
"except for subspecies ""fuscilabris"" which is bright orange or red. Each wing cover features 6 black markings. The thorax is a similar shade of red with two large triangular black patches. Similarity is most apparent with the seaside lady beetle, but that species is limited to coastal habitats and features much larger black markings. In that species the apical pair of spots on the elytra as well as the pronotum markings are merged, unlike ""Coleomegilla maculata"". The larvae resemble miniature alligators and are dark coloured. They have three pairs of legs and grow to about six millimetres long. The eggs"
"a blue centre for at least three. The underwings are almost identical to the upperwings, except the base of the underwings is brick red rather than brown. The Australian painted lady's colouration allows it to blend in effectively with the ground. Males and females look almost identical. The ovum is translucent green and barrel shaped with 13 to 15 vertical ribs. Right before hatching, the black head and grey-tinted body appear through the shell. The larva is grey with pale yellow stripes along each side of its body, yellow dots, and has rows of branched spines covering its body. Its"
"a dark dorsal line, a subdorsal purple-red band, edged with yellow on thoracic somites and a blue ocellus on the third somite. Horn is purplish brown with white tubercles. Before changing to pupa, the larva becomes blotched with dark red. Larvae have been recorded feeding on Rubiaceae species, including ""Cinchona"", ""Wendlandia"" and ""Uncaria"" species in India. Most instars are green with a brown backward-curving tailhorn and a pair of white or red and yellow dorso-lateral stripes. Some instars have various coloured markings along the sides, including a blue eyespot on each side of the metathorax. The final instar is reddish"
"large spot below middle of costa, with two or three spots in line below it; finally, a postdiscal series of small black spots. Antennae are black, bright ochraceous at apex; head, thorax and abdomen tawny red above, brown shaded with crimson-pink below. It is widely found in India and Sri Lanka. In India its distribution ranges from lower Himalayas to southern India The larva is light green with the purple spots on the dorsal. The sides of the larva contain row of ten horizontal spines covered with fine green hair. The pupa is short broad and triangular. It is green"
"at first and darken over time, and are partially black when the larvae emerge. The larva appears white or yellow, is hump-backed, and has a black head and six small legs. It has a defense mechanism in which it smears excrement on its body to mask its vibrant color and to deter predators. This gives it a shiny black appearance, as opposed to yellow or white. Adults, on average, are about 5 mm long and have dark-blue wing covers and red legs. Their thoraces range in color from red to orange to reddish brown. The biggest distinction between male and"
"with pink. The head, thorax, and body are pinkish, more or less variegated with olive; the thorax has a patch of white hairs above the base of the wings. Highly variable in colouration. In drier and warmer and arid areas of Asia Minor and Central Asia the pink colouration is absent. f. ""rosea"" Zerny is intermediate, f. ""indistincta"" Tutt,is pinkish grey, f. ""suellus"" is yellowish sandy buff. The larva is greyish brown or darker grey in colour, merging into yellowish brown on the front rings. The head is greyer than the body. The usual sphingid horn is absent, and in"
"from pale horn to dark buff, corresponding to the general plumage hue, and the iris is blackish brown. The talons, like the beak, vary in colour, ranging from pink to dark pinkish-grey and the talons are black. On average within any one population, males tend to have fewer spots on the underside and are paler in colour than females. The latter are also larger with a strong female ""T. alba"" of a large subspecies weighing over 550 g (19.4 oz), while males are typically about 10% lighter. Nestlings are covered in white down, but the heart-shaped facial disk becomes visible"
"stage in which they currently are. The start out as yellow coloured, transform to reddish-green by next stage, and ending up dark at the very last one. Their abdomen have a wide reddish-brown band that is located near the tip. The antennae have constantly changeable colour light and dark bands,m which usually are of either red or yellow. Both the species abdomen and thorax don't have dark spots that are usually found on the tarnished and pale legume bugs. The adults are long, with yellowish to red coloured head, legs, and prothorax. Their pronotum is either yellow or yellowish-brown, although"
"lamellae beneath the fourth toe (""E. beddomei"" has 12-15 lamellae), and oval ear opening twice the size of the lateral scales (""E. beddomei"" has circular ear opening almost the size of the lateral scales). (Srinivasulu ""et al."" 2005) Sharma (1969) described the colour as dark brown or black with white longitudinal stripes three on the back with the middle vertebral stripe. They become indistinct on the tail. The head scales have brown centres and light brown margins. the legs are dark brown above and the hind libs are sculpted with white above. The underside is white. Some specimens show an"
"because they mimic the scent of the bees. Eggs are laid singly under old leaves of a host plant and are green or grey blue. None of the three species is restricted to a single family of host plant; hosts are typically of the families Solanaceae, Verbenaceae, Oleaceae, Bignoniaceae and others. The larvae are stout, reaching 120–130 mm, with a prominent tail horn. All three species have three larval color forms: typically, green, brown and yellow. Larvae do not move much, and will click their mandibles or even bite if threatened. When mature, they burrow underground and excavate a small"
"in shell colour range from pale blue or mauve to dark chocolate brown. The dorsum may be covered by dense transverse rows of yellowish dashes, and may be transversely faceted. The shell shape may vary between relatively elongated, to quite globular or pear-shaped. The shell's undersides, which are not visible in living animals, are strongly ribbed. The ribs are toffee-coloured. The labrum is broad and robust, with 15 to 19 pigmented denticles. The aperture is narrow and may be constricted towards the rear. The mantle coloration is highly variable but is usually tawny and spotted with black. Color variations run"
"The larva is described by Thomas Reid Davys Bell as ""The head is round, green, the clypeus edged with brown, covered with small shiny black tubercles which... do not hide the colour of the head; the anal flap is rounded, but looks square at the extremity, and is covered with rows of small black tubercles... of which only the row along the spiracular line is conspicuous. The spiracles are oval, shiny and white. The colour is green with a spiracular white band touched with bright yellow on segments 2-5, and these segments, especially 3 and 4, are distinctly flanged on"
"a length of . Head, antennae, pronotum and legs are black. Pronotum is slightly punctured. Elytra are yellow brown in the males, while in the females they are red, with a widely darkened elytron's suture, black apices and a black heart-shaped or rhomboid marking, sometimes missing in the males. The last three abdominal segments are usually red. The eleventh (last) antennal segment is longer than the tenth. Life cycle last 2 years. Larvae develop in dead wood of deciduous trees. They mainly feed on Pedunculate Oak (""Quercus robur""), Fig (""Ficus carica""), White Willow (""Salix alba""), Dog-rose (""Rosa canina"") and Spanish"
"a smaller body, and also have bulbs on the end of their pedipalps once they reach maturity. These are used for mating. As the name suggests, the coloration of ""A. anax"" primarily consists of tan colors and dark shades of brown. It is similar in coloration to ""Aphonopelma hentzi"", another common Texas species, but is considerably darker. This species has urticating hairs like many New World tarantulas, but lacks any stridulating hairs on their chelicerae. The Texas tan tarantula is found in Southeastern Texas, and has been documented in Cameron County and Kleberg County. They are also found in Northern"
"tropical regions of Asia and the Americas; relatively few species occur in Afrotropical regions, and Lauxaniid species diversity declines strongly towards the more temperate regions; for example fewer than 200 European species have been described. Most species inhabit forests, where the adults usually are found sitting on leaves of the understory. They are far less common in open country, such as grassland habitats. For terms, see Morphology of Diptera<br> Lauxaniidae are small flies (2–7 mm in length). They are often rather plump, dull, or partly lustrous flies. The body colour varies from yellow to brown or black, or with a"
"The thorax has bluish hair on the back, the underside is yellow to orange. The caterpillars and pupae show a wide range of colors and patterns, and the caterpillars also vary in food preference. Last-instar caterpillars are black with a pattern consisting of light to bright yellow dots along the sides, or rings of varying thickness, sometimes interrupted on the back, in a range of colors varying from white to orange red. This species is highly polyphagous, with most food plants belonging to the Fabaceae (legume family): Selected primary food plants Selected secondary and accidental food plants Due to the"
"been recorded feeding on various Rubiaceae species, including ""Coprosma repens"", ""Coprosma quadrifida"", ""Coprosma lucida"" and ""Myrmecodia beccarii"". Early instars are translucent green with a black horn on the tail and a yellowish head. Later instars are opaque green with two yellow stripes running along the length of the body and a blue head. The tail horn becomes blue. When disturbed, it lashes its head violently from side to side. In the last instar, the coloration changes to diagonal patches of light and dark brown. Pupation takes place on the soil surface under a mat of felt that the larva spins"
"is smooth. The sides above the prolegs are yellow ochre. A narrow border around the head and the anal segment yellow ochre. Initially the head is black. The larva in later instars becomes apple green, darker on the back, with three narrow yellow stripes on the seventh to tenth segments, and a buff line just above the legs from head to tail. The head is green with four round black spots on the crown, and two more smaller ones at the angle of the jaws. Under artificial rearing the pupation took place on the underside of the leaf. The pupa"
"Female: The outer margin less excised and waved; the yellow markings less developed; the antemedial line of forewing nearer the base, and that on hindwing absent; the tail less pink. Eggs are 2 mm, coloured white with extensive black and brown mottling. Incubation lasts approximately 12 days and newly hatched larvae are red with a black abdominal saddle. Second-instar larvae are all red with black heads. It is not until the third instar that larvae take on a green colour. The developing larvae prefer humid conditions. Larva apple green; paired dorsal and lateral yellow spinous tubercles on each somite except"
"or yellow with a brown head and prothorax. As the larvae matures, its color changes from white/yellow to pink/green. The thorax contains small black spots as well as bristles on each segment, and the larvae typically feeds on its host plant for up to two weeks before pupation. In order for the larvae to determine if it wants to mine a particular host plant, it first spends 5–15 minutes walking around the leaves, attaching a thread of silk to the surface as it goes. The larvae makes small changes in direction as it walks and occasionally bites the leaf four"
"The larva is white with long dark bristles, its body darkening in color to black, brown, or reddish as it grows. It reaches a maximum length around 14 millimeters. The female lays 1 to 25 eggs at a time. They are whitish and about 2 millimeters long. The eggs hatch in a few days, depending on temperature. Larval development also depends on temperature, as well as humidity and food availability. Each larva may proceed through six to nine instars, taking 19 to 50 days to grow to maximum size. It then pupates for several days. The adult lives for around"
"0.5–6 mm (– in) in length. When viewed from the side, a pronounced hump to the thorax is seen. Their colours range from usually black or brown to more rarely yellow, orange, pale grey, and pale white. The head is usually rounded and in some species narrowed towards the vertex. The vertex is flat. In some species, the ocellar callus is swollen and highly raised above the surface of the vertex. The eyes are dichoptic in both males and females (eyes of males close-set, of females wide-set). The third segment of the antenna is large and rounded or elongated, and"
"aperture. The color is brownish-yellow, with numerous close narrow longitudinal purplish-brown stripes, but the whole surface is so dingy that it appears unicolored. The spiral lirae are subequal, the grains low and elongated in the direction of the lirae. The whorls are rounder than in ""Tegula viridula"" and the aperture decidedly smaller, and lacking green tinge on the columella. It is usually encrusted with bryozoa or Serpula. This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean from Southern California to Peru. Keen M. (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine mollusks from Baja California to Perú, ed. 2. Stanford University Press."